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description: This primitive rhythm is quite irregular, following only a general cadence rather than observing any fixed number of beats in each line. Who acts: primitive rhythm. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 1, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every cl
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 127

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This primitive rhythm is quite irregular, following only a general cadence rather than observing any fixed number of beats in each line.

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**Who acts:** primitive rhythm · **What happens:** be, follow, observe, fix · **To what, where:** fixed number

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (primitive rhythm), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:1:128
# text = This primitive rhythm is quite irregular, following only a general cadence rather than observing any fixed number of beats in each line.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	primitive	primitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	irregular	irregular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cadence	cadence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	15	cc	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	observing	observe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
17	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	beats	beat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this primitive rhythm |  |  |  |  | follow a general cadence; irregular *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **observe** | gerund | this primitive rhythm *not said here* | any fixed number of beats in each line |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 4 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Project Gutenberg book 78673 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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